Game apparatus.



SOHIE MARGARET WITT, 0F BENICIA, CALIFORNIA.

' GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Application filed March 2, 1912. Serial No. 651,126.

To ollwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOPHIE MARGARET f`W1'r'1,'zr/'citizen of the United States, residfication, reference being had to the accom-v panying drawings.

VIhis'invention relates to new and useful improvements in game apparatuses, which are adapted to play games of that class termed'geographical games, and the objects of my inyention are to provide an improved game apparatus of this class which may be played by one or more persons, and which in addition to creating interest and aii'ording amusement', will serve to educate or instruct the minds of the' players as to the geographical location and arrangement of the most important citiesin the various countries.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ame apparatus of this character which will possess advantages in points of eiciency and durability, is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time is simple in. construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the lnovel` features of construction and the combination and ar rangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings,Y in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the game board, showing thereon a map of the United States, having ten of the most important Acities printed in heavy type ;4 Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showingthe map of Germany thereon; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the dice/shown in color to correspond with the color of the board in Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of another die shown in color to'y correspond with the color of the board shown in 'Fig 2. kSimilar ynumerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In carr ing out my invention, I employ a suitable at board or base member l, which may be of any desirable material and upon this base member is secured a sheet ot' paper or other material 2 upon the upperface of which appears in colors or otherwise, a geogra hical map. In the drawing the maps p Oft e United vStates and Germany are used for the purpose of illustration, although it is obvious that such maps might represent any country desired. l

In the drawings I have shown but one die to each of the two countries, but it will he understood that I refer to use ten dice and ten of the most important cities in each country, although a greater or less number may be used if desired.

The game may consist of any number of maps of various countries and in each country ten of the most important cities are 'printed in heavy type to distinguish them from the other cities. The boards on which the maps are placed are distinguished by the use of various colors, thus it will be seen from viewing the drawings that the board on which the maps of the United States are placed will be red and the boarl on which Germany is shown will be blue, ether countries may be distinguishedby various chosen colors.

To each of the countries I provide the dice 3, ten dice being used to each country. Each die is provided with six faces 4 and on one of these faces the name of one of the ten mosty important cities, in each of the countries,A is printed, leaving the other five faces of the die blank. V

Taking the United States for the purpose of illustration it will be seen that the 4ten most important cities to be `lsed in the United States are indicated by heavy type as shown at 5. The board on which the map is placed is to be of any desired color but for `the purpose of illustration the color red is used. 'lo each map or country I provide ten of the dice which are of the same color as the board on which the map is placed, thus red dice will be used with the map of the United States. On one of the six sides of eachof the dice is printed one of the vnames of the ten cities illustrated by heavy type on the map Vleaving the other five sides of the die blank as shown at 4.

The game can be played by two or more persons, each player taking one map, and ten dice of the same color as the board on which the map is shown.

In shaking the dice any desired form of dice box may be used. The first player takes the box, shakes the dice and throws them out on the table and if any of the names of the cities, printed on one face of each of the dice` appear on the upper most faces of any d of the dice, the die is placed on the name of the city, which appears on the die, on `the map. Thus if New York is shown on the uppermostJ face of one of the dice, the die is to be placed on the large dot on the map indicating the cityof New York. The sec- 0nd player shakes his dice and proceeds as the first player and so on until one of the players has all ten cities on his map covered by the dice bearing the names of the respective cit-lies, the player then calls out the name of the country 'appearing on his map, as, United States wins.

If on examining the map of the winning player, a die is found misplaced the player loses and cannot play until someone else wins and the next game is started.

It will be understood that I do not want to -lirnit m self to the two countries herein shown andY described but desire toruse as many countries as I wish, using ten dice to each country. It will be also understood that yI do not wish tolirnit myself to any ten particular cities in each country but may pick out such cities as desired, nor do I wish to limit myself to any particular number of cities in each country, but reserve the right to use anyV number I desire.

While I have shown and described the preferred'form of my invention it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for sucess't'u ly carryin my invention into practice without sacricing any of the novel features or departing from thescope thereof.' Y i Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1s 1. In a game, the combination with a board having a map thereon illustrating one ofthe nations of the earth, and cities indicated on said. map, of a plurality of playing pieces each having one of the cities on the map designated on one of the faces thereof.

2. In a game, the combination with a board having a map'thereon illustrating one of the nations of the earth,`and a number of cities indicated on said map, of a plurality of dice each vhaving one of the cities on the map designated on one of the faces thereof.

3. In a game, the combination with a board of a certain color, having a map thereon illustrating one of the nations of the earth, and a number of cities indicated on said map, of a plurality of dice of a color corresponding with the board, said dice each having onefof the cities on the map designated on one of the faces thereof.

4. In a game, the combination with a board of a certain color, having a map thereon illustrating one ofthe nations of the earth, and a certain number of cities in dicated on said map,.of a number of dice corresponding to the number of cities on the map, said dice being of a color corresponding with the color of the board, and. each nated on one of the faces thereof.

5. A game apparatus embodying a board having a map thereon illust-rating a portion of the earths surface and also havin displayed on said map in the proper Vre ative geographical position, characters indicating certain definite points of such portion of the earth, and a plurality of playing pieces each having a character on one of the faces thereof indicating one of said points.

` In testimony'whereof I hereunto affix my .i

signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

SOPHIE MARGARET WITT. Witnesses:

I. d. Quinn, R. M. Hoeren.

6x5 having one of the cities on the map desigJ 

